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UNIFORM LICENSE TAX INCREASE
FARER, MORE PRCZ SCTIVE
oF CITY REVENUE, IT IS ARGUED
i . .
ity Council Ups Some Businesses,
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Fxempis UINEIs lit AUopiing 1940 ax Law
Last year Athens collected approximately $52,000 undey the Bus
iness License Ordinance, about 540,000 of wkah represented the
taxes due in 1945 and the balance in taxes that were past due.
i (he City Ceuncil had raised
(he Business License tax-twenty
percent when it adopted the 1946
Ordinance it would have increased
ihe city’s income from the Busi
ness tax upwards of $9,000, it is
estimated. Under the plan the
Council did adopt the Business
License Ordinance is estimated to‘
Lring into the treasury about
$7,000 in additiona] revenue.,
And, in addition to the fact that
the plan Council did apply to the
1646 Business License Tax—that
of raising the tax on certain bus
inesses and exempting others—
will not bring in as much money
s a flat twenty percent increase,
* it is being bitterly critcized by
business men who are having to
pay more taxes this year than last,
in some instances double .and
treble the amount of 1945 license
(ax. And the reason given by busi
ness men for criticizing the plan
Council adopted is that the 1946
Tux Ordinance is “ful]l of ine
quities and injustices.”
Furniture Merchant :
Take the case of a furniturel
merchant whose tax was doubled,
raised {rom $25.00 in 1945 to $50.00
for 1946. That merchant said;
« Twenty-five deollars may be pea
nuts to many people, but it ain’t
hay to me. In fact I have had a
hard time trying to make a liv
ing and it is just about all I ecan
do to make buckle and tongue
meet. When a fellow’s tax is
doubled, he begins to wonder
what's happening. How come?
There have been increases in al
mosy everything and it should not
surprise any of us to have our tax
raised, but why double the tax
on some and leave others alone?
1t seems to me that needs explain
ing.”
A hardware store owner also
was scratching his head afteri
comparing his 1945 and 1946 li
cense tax. In 1945 he paid $25.00
for his license. This year he wiit
pay $50.00. He is trying to figure
out why Councll selected his class
of business for an increase in the
license tax and left some other
business classifications alone.
Based on his 1945 tax the hard
ware merchant and others in' his
classification would, under a flat
jfwenty xxreent.;-r;!nq%am@mye;?
paid $30.00 for his business li=
cense this year instead of $50.00.
And the business man whose li-.
cense tax was hiked from $100.«}
v $l5O would have under a
flat twenty percent increase, paid
$120.00 this year instead of the
$150.00 he is paying.
Council adopted the 1946 Busi
ness License Tax Ordinance in
December. It was printed in book
let form last month and copies
are being distributed now. The
Ordinance was adopted at a meet
ing of the Council which lasted
until 3 o’clock one morning and
the Councilmen admittedly were
tived of fooling with the Ordi
nance long before the meeting ad
journed. Some of the €oun
cilmen themselves admit that the
matter was not given the study
it should have had and for that
reason a movement has begun
within the Counecil, favored by
Mayor Bob MecWhorter, to throw
away the 1946 Ordinance adopted
in December, with its “injustices
and inequalities” and adopt a new
one.
“We Ought To Revise It”
One of the reasons why one
member of Council is insisting on
revising the, Ordinance sis ex-
Plained by him as follows: “We
but ouselves in a bad light, be-
Cause a check-up has revealed.to
me that only one business repre
sented by Councikmen had its tax
Death Takes Mrs.
Fred 6. Hodgson
In Emory Hospifal
mory Hospital
Mrs. Frederick Grady Hodgson
died at Emory University Hos
bital, Atlanta, Thursday. For the
Past two years she has made her
"ome at the Holman Hotel, Ath
ens,
She was the widow of the late
Colonel Frederick G. Hodgson, U.
S. Army.
_She was born at Owensboro,
“entucky, -the daughter of Dr.
Calvin Cottrell and Mary Johnson
Cottrell and was a descendant of
¢ lormer governor of Kentucky.
She was dearly beloved by all
members of the Hodgson family
ind many friends in Athens, At
lanta ang Washington, D. C.,
Where she had lived at the Roch
“mbean Apartments on LaFayette
Square for many years. :
_ Her nearest relatives include
Ner niece, Mrs. Douglas ‘M.
Amann of New York City, and a
nephew, General Frederick
Cruse, Military Attache's Office,
U. S. Legation, Guatamala City,
Guatamala, Central America.
Her nephews include Ned, Har
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PLANE OCERDUE
_DENVER, Jan. 31.—(AP)—A
vnited Air Lines plane enroute
‘om Portland, Ore., was report
“d “long overdue” at Denver this
Morning and a United official ex~
Pressed fear -i¢ had crashed in
Pre-dawn darkness with 21 per
sons, i
lincreased. That was Bob Sea
|graves’ hosiery mill. Now I know
lit was just an oversight when we
|did not increase our own taxes
tand hiked the taxes of our fellow
|citizens. It was a mistake anybody
|might make, trying to handle s
|jcomplex matter such as a 7Yax
| Ordinance in a long and tiresome
|meeting running into the ’'wee
hours of the morning when we
|were all sleepy. I favor the adop-
Jtion of a tax that wil] be fair
116 all of our citizens ‘and I am
|sure that no one will squawk
over paying a little more taxes to
thelp pay ithe increased expenses
of our city government. Surely
not when one knows that every
|body else is paying an increase
{We can actually raise more mon
er for the city by being fair”.
Another article in a series
on the 1945 and 1946 Busi
ness License Tax Ordinances
|1 will follow.
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HAPPY WITH NEW PET
Little Francine Opon, 4-year-old Chicago, 111., girl whose grief
over the loss of a pet dog was not changed by her new pet “Pee-
Wee” last week, now has taken “Pee Wee to her heart. The pedi
greed Boston terrier has done a good job of taking “Punkin’s,”
the lost pet’s place.
Gtate Begins Climb To Equal
Nation's; Most_Progressive
ATLANTA, Jan. 31—(AP)—Georgia’s ' climb to a ranking position with the most progressive states
of the Union began this week on a ladder whose first rungs were built with $9,100,000 that isn’t costing
the average taxpayer.a penny. : A ’
Faced with broad expansion ,programs inaugurated by many other states, legislative leaders took
steps to increase public welfare grants 20 per cent, pay teachers a 12th month, quintuple the state’s
tuberculosis hospital capacity, provide $2,000,000 annually for expanding the University System, boost
public health work by 250 per cent, meet the personnel and equipment shortages in penal and wel
fare institutions by an extra appropriation of $1,500,000 and answer education’s call for adequate public
school text and library books by enlarging that fund 150 per cent.
B L e it U RS¥ e S bl§ e. o
"Youngest Family
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Army Man’ Claimed
By 17-Year-Old
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Jan,, 31
—(AP) — Kenneth D. Beck
stead, 17-year-old father of four
month-old twin daugaters, today
claimed the distinct:cn of being
the youngest “family man” in the
U. S. Army, but he had to have
the consent of his parents be
fore recruiting officers would ac
cept him. ’
Consent of s enlistment in
the Air Corps was given by his
step-father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Rush of Plain
field, N. J.
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Troufman B. Wilson
Made Colonel;
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To Remain Here
Troutman B. Wilson, son of Dean
and Mrs. R. C. Wilson, has entered
business in Athens with the
Chevrolet Company. *
Colonel Wilson is on terminal
leave from the U. S. Army in
which he-served for five years.
He rose to the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel while in actual combat
and last December was promoted
to the grade of a full Colonel.
The Athens officer saw com
bat in the Italian campaign which
lasted for many months. His unit
was in the field for several weeks
without let-up in one particular
engagement and was singled out
for citation for the'bravery and
stamina of its men and officers.
Colonel Wilson was one of the
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Vol. 114, f). 17. Full Associated Press <ervice. Athens, Ga., Thursday, January 31, 1946. A.B.C. Paper — Single Copy, 3c —s¢ Sunday
Scions May Scrap Universal Draft
Attlee Asks Use
Of Atom Energy
Be Cooperative
LONDON, Jan., 31 —(AP)
—Prime, Minister /“ttiee told
t.ie house of commons today
that Britain. “hopes the use
of atomic energy w’ll be de.
velopeq in cooperstion rather
than in competition with
other naticas.”
That, he informed Laborite
Capt. A. R. Blackbrun, also
answered Blackbui's ques
tion whether the “main ob
ject” of Britain’s utomic re
search was a ‘‘peacctime de
velopment of atormic energy
‘and not research into con
struction of atomicr bombs.”
Attlee said he was “not
prepared o give an estimate”
of the date when, as Black
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ZOULIIIUL WUVEILIIUE MASES &58F5AeE
pledged himself in his campaign
in 1942 to veto any new tax but
he heiped legislative leaders find
a substitute, an increase in the
liguor warehouse handling charge.
Just in case this source should!
fail to yield the anticipated SB,-
000,000 to $10,000,000, the gasoline
tax revenue was expected to rise
approximately $2,000,000 this
vear.
Assembly Approves
The General Assembly approved
this entire program quickly and
the 38-year-old Arnall signed it
without hesitation.
The state’s leaders agreed that
education’s was the strongest cry
for aid in the first post-war year.
The legislature ordered the 12th
month of pay for all public school
teachers and then directed a com
miitee 1o reporimext year a means
of increasing the instructors’ sal
aries—all this in spite of the state
currently spending, according. to
Arnall. 58 cents of every dollar for
education. :
Health departmerit officials ap
pealed for applicants needed to
bring public- health work within
reach of the most remote sections
of Georgia. The addition of sl,-
500,000 to the current $600,000 ap
propriation meant hundreds of
more health employes and a big
increase in equipment. -
Georgia has 15,000 to possibly
30,000 active cases of 'tuberculo
sis, according to Rep. "Roy V.
Harris of Augusta, who drafted
the expansion program.-He pre
dicted this ailment could ‘be forced
into the backgrcund with the sl,-
000,000 earmarked for operation
of the Battey General Hospital at
Rome, which the Army bhas re
leased and is expected to be turn
edonerélto the sltate. S
supplemental a priation of
$1.000,000, which w%‘o be matched
federally, will m/% S
BRITISH TROOPS
JOIN AMERICANS
INJAPANDUTY
TOKYO, Jan. 31 -—-{AP)—Gen.
MacArthur today extended a
warm wecome to Lritish Com
monwealth troops wnao will saare
in the occupation of Japan and
disclosed that their presence will
enable ~ a reduction in the
strength ° of ‘American forces in
Japan.
At %3e same time, he said of
ficially that while China and
Russia were invite:l to provide
contingents troops, China replied
that it is not in a pcsition to do
so and Russia had not accepted
the invitation.
- Signs of Resentment ;
Signs of resentment and sullen
anger of tens of thcousands of
“unbeaten” repatriaied Japanese
haveé appeared in the home is
lands and p-esent & potential
menace to occupation forces, the
Canadian member, of the Far
Easter, advisory commission
said.
In an interview befcre depart
ing for Canada, Ccl. L. M. Cos
grave saiq evidence of the re.
patriates’ attitude * which have
appeareq in the countryside are
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Theater Patrons
Give $2,256
* !
To Poiio Fund
Contributions by patrons in
Athens theaters during the cur
rent infantile paralysis campaign
have amounted to $2,256.37, Dan
Hill, Clarke county chairman, said
today, in announcing that the
theater collection ended last
night.
The sum realized through the
generosity of the patrons of the
three theaters is the largest ever
collected here, Chairman Hill
said. » 4
" Mr. Hill also ealléd attention;to
the fact that 'cofis'tl?i{:)%tions o?nt"he
various classes at Athens High
School have amounted to $32.14,
and this amount, added to the
sum of $87.29 vealized from the
school’s benefit basketball game
last Friday night, raises the total
contributed by the school to
$119.43.
Dance Friday
Students at the University are
continuing their annual campaign
in the fight against polio, Mr.
Hill pointed out, the highlight to
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Our Town’ To Be
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At Fine Aris -
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Tonight At 8:30
“Our Town,” the Pulitzer
Prize-winning play by Thornton
Wilder, an outstanding Broadway
success, will be presented in the
Fine Arts Auditorium at the
University of Georgia tonight and
Friday, at 8:30 p. m. General ad
mission is 85 cents, and there will
be no reserved seats. Student and
adult memberships to the Univer
sity Theatre may be purchased at
the box office.
George Blair, head of the Uni
versity department of drama and
director of “Our Town,” will
portray the difficult role of nar
rator. The cast is headed by Jean
Roundtree, Lyons, as Emily
Webb, and Emory Bass, jr., Val
dosta, as George Gibbs.
Other members of the cast in
order of appearance are: Bill
Greene, Bainbridge; David Jor
dan, Crawford; Royce Johnson,
Savannah; Caroline Rose, Valdos
ta; Mary Ann Brown, William
son, W. Va.; Ann Cox, Athens;
Julian Cox, jr., Athens; Betty
Ray, Columbus; Grady Deas, Au
gusta; Tom Palmer, Camilla;
Margaret Rigby, Macon; Alex
McDonell, Savannah; Carl Sav
age, Montezuma; Dala Smith,
‘Warrenton; Rose Mary Chubb,
Atlanta; Rob Tollett, Atlanta:
Ethel Lee Hill, Atlanta; Kenneth
Echols, Sanford, Fla.; and Sam
Pinson, Athens.
Technical direction is by Char
les R. Lown, jr., and Martha
Thompson is assistant director.
Presented without any scenery
or “props,” Wilder's play is to
‘each individuai what his imagi
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SENATOP, CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS
Senator Kenneth McKeller (D.-Tenn.), left, and Senator Wal
ter F. George (D.-Ga.), right, cut a cake in the office of the Vice-
President in the Capitol in Washington, D. C. as they celebrated
their birthdays yesterday. Senator McKeller testified that he “is
over 21” and Senator George said he was 68.
, .
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
New and impending work stoppages, most of them because of the
nationwide steel strike, slowed production in various allied industries
today as hopes dimmed for an immediate settlement of the (General
Motors walkout.
First Sheet Of
~i e -
FDR Memorial
Stamps Are Sold
WASHINGTON, Jan., 31 —
(AP) — Post Master General
Hanpegan sold the first sheet of
the new 5-cent Rooszvelt memo
rial postage stamp today, to Pres.
ident Truman.
The stamp is the last of a se
rieg of four honoring the lale
Franklin' D. Rooseveif. It bears
the wording of the four freedom,s
superimposed on a map of the
globe.
“In remembering and honor
ing Franklin D. Rcosevelt, our
people are joined by the peoples
of all the world,” Hannegan said
in a brief address at the White
House ceremony.
“Only in Yae gtruggle onward
teward the géal.of: peace that he
set for this nation and the world
can we pay tribute befitting the
memory we hold of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.”
To Providé Music
The Georgia Bulldogs, under
the ‘joint direction of Cliffora
Efaeridge and George Enlow,
will .provide music for the Frank_
lin Roosevelt Memoria: Ball, Al
pha Phi Omega, national se-vice
fraternity announces. The ball,
which is to climax the Universi.
ty’s infantile paralysis drive,
will be held on Friday night
from 9 to 12inthe Paysical Ed
ucation Building.
Competition for the Franklin
Roosevelt memorial pladue
which will be given the Univer
sity housing unit collecting the
most for the entire drive, is
keen.
Early returns indicate a larger
total contribution from students
than ever before.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy this after
noon, clearing and much col
der tonight. Friday fair and
cold. >
GQEORGIA: Mostly cloudy
skies and colder over west
and north portion with show
ers and mild in southeast
this afternoon followed by
clearing and mostly cloudy
weather tonight. Friday
clearing followed by mostly
clondy weather and meoder
ately enld. Lowest tempera
tures tonight 24-30 in north
and 30-40 in south.
TEMPERATURE
Higheol -, .. e B 8
TOWas o o o 0
NS .. eSR
et .. o 3
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .15
Total since January 1 ... 9.84
Excess since January 1 .. 539
Average January rainfall 4.26
ESTABLISHED 1852
As GM officials and leaders of
the CIO Uniteq Auto Workers
prepared to resum2 rnegotiations
in the "2-day old sirike of 175,-
000 employes at 96 plants, they
were confronted with ceachiing
terms on two issues — vrages
and® maintenance of union men
bership.
The corporation’s annoucement
that it wag not willing to renew
any maintenance of union mem
bership clause ‘n a aew contract
with the UAW-CIO came afte:
the union had rejected GM’s re
newal of a temporary 13 1.2 cent
hourly wage increase .{l2 per
cent). The union is demanding a
30 per cen pay boust.
Ford Sounds Warnings .
Also in Detroit, Henry Ford,
president of Ford -Moior Compa
ny, demandeq #aat the federal
government lift price controls
and he warned that ‘unless his
company could get steel prompt
v “Wwe will have to shut down
eompletely some time this week,”
Of the 54,000 werkers laid off
in; steel related industries because
of the walkout of nearly 750,000
CIO steelworkers, about 20,000
were from Ford pants. These in.
clude 5,000 assemby line work
ers at the Rouge plant at Detroit
made idle today. Cther Ford
company, plantg and derpartment
sautdown between now and Feb.
8 due to the steel strike, now in
its 11th day, will make idle at
Jeast ancther 10,000 workers.
Jameg F. Dewey, specia; fed
eral mediator in the General Mo.
tors dispute, planrzd to meet
superately with company and un
ion officials before the principals
renewed their “across the table”
negotiations. He said he did not
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Memorial Service
For Li. J.R.
Memorial services for First
Lieutenant Jameg !t. Carter, son
of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Carter of
Winterville, will be lLicld Sunday
afterncon at 3 o’cock irom Tuck.-
ston Melthodist church with Rev.
W. R. Coile, officiating, and Rev.
R. W. Allison, pastor of fae
church, ussisting.
Lieutenant Carter on January
1, this year, wag listed by the
War- Department as dead, after
he had been reported missing for
more than a year in action over
Germany. The War Depa~tment
reported that’Lieutcnant Carter's
plane went down over Germany
whilé returning fron: a bombing
mission over the enemy territo
ry. He was a pilot of a P. 47.
He entered tue service in
April of 1942 and wag widely
known throughout this section.
He is suvvived, in addition to
his parents, by two brothers,
Staff Sergeant Thomas E. Car
ter, who has recently returned to
Winterville from the service,
anc is now attending the Uni
versity of Georgia, and Pfe.
Charles F. Carter, wio is now
on duty in Japan; and two sis
ters, Miss Claudia Carter, home
economicg teacher at Louisville,
Ga., anq Miss Ann Carter, stu
dent in Winterville High School
DOUBLE DEFEAT MAY BE DEALT
TRUMAN’S DEFENSE, STRIKE PLANS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-—(AP)—The House Military Commitiee
today spiked administration hopes of early action on a continued draft
law and universal military training. ; '
it decided "to concentrate instead on a new national defense act,
and Chairman May (D.-Ky.) pointed out ihat ail other Army pro
prosals necessarily will hinge on the new uct's contents.
The committee already has held
long hearings on universal train
ing, but the new move evidently
wiped out plans to resume them
now. No hearing date has been
set on the question aof extending
the draft, which is due to expire
May 15. 3
A special nine-man subcommit
tee was assigned to work out
recommendations for the postwar
defense act which will blueprint
the overall peacetime structure
of the Army.
Training Period Cut
The Army meanwhile moved to
step up the flow of replacements
for long-service Gl's overseas.
The training period for future
replacements was ordered cut to
eight weeks. Previously 13 to 17
weeks training was required.-
Apropos of the new defense
act, Chairman May {old reporters
the special sub-commitiee will
make recommendations for legis
lation after questioning Army
heads and others intefested.
The subcommittee is expected
to determine firsi how large the
regular peacetime Army should
be. y
Once that is decided, it may
undertake to decide how the nec
essay personnel should be oh
tained—by voluntary enlistment,
universal training, or a contin
ued draft.
While most committee members
favor the voluntary system, they
are inclined to doubt that it will
provide the necessary numbers.
Others believe a small volunteer
Army will be adequate provided
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 31 —
(AP) — OPA has agreed to give
southern cement manufacturersa
10.cent-a-ba rell price increase,
making the nation-wide ceiling
uniform, Sen. Russell (D-Ga,)
said today.
Manufacturers in Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, North and
South Carclina, Tennessee and
Virginia are affected, Russell
said.
The OPA decision was the out
growth of a conference between
agency experts, industry ~epre
sentativeg and 4 group of south
ern congressmen \who charged
discriminaticn against the south
under cur-ent ceilings.
OPA authorizeq a 20-. cent in
crease in 1941 for ail sections ex
cept the southeast. This section
got a 10. cent boost six months
ago and the new schedule will
place it on an equal level with
other areas.
'FOCUSING OUR THOUGHTS, ACTIVITIES
PANEL ENDS RELIGION-IN-LIFE WEEK
A panel discussion on “Focusing Our Thoughts and Activity” led
by the Rev. Jack R. McMichael closed the Religion-in-Life program
at the University of Georgia last night in the Chap=l.
The four day series of meetings centered around the theme “Avert
ing Disaster” in the home, in religion and education, in labor and
management,*and in world citizefinship.
i Robert Tucker, chairman of
the Religion-in-Life Commission,
and Curtis Proveaux, president
of the Voluntary Feligious Asso
ciation were in charge of the
closing program.
Questions, submitted by the
audience, were discussed by tue
Rev. Mr. McMichael, executive
secretary of the DMethodist Fed
eration for Social Service, New
York City; the Rev. David J.
Evans, pastor, rirst Baptist
Church, Americus; Dr. George
G. Higgins, divector, Department
cos Social Action of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference,
Washington, D. C.; the Rev. John
E. McCaw, national director of
Istudem work for tue Christian
Church, Indianapolis, Ind.; and
Rabbi Sanforq Sapecstein, head
of the Hillel Foundation, Athens.
Most of the questions were
concerned with peace, the labor
management situaticn, and reli
gioug influence.
' President Caldwell commend
‘ed the leaders on their work,
isaying that many feel that the
answe: to the present crisis is in
religion, and “the work you have
‘done_ here will produce a lasting
‘influence.”
| Farlier Chapel Yrogram
“Not only is character not to
be neglected, but it must be re
membered that it )s the very es
sence of building 2 democracy,”
Dr. Evans told students and fac
ulty members earlier Wadnesday
when he spoke in tlie University
Chapel.
Dr. Evans emphasized how
democracy and Hebrew Chris
tian heritages have semething to
contribute to each cther, and
taow much democracy needs the
kind of character which has
ARMY FAMILIES
T 0 JOIN GI'S
INGCCUPATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—(AP)
—The A:my put the clincher to
day on at it has been saying
about a long occupation job. It’s
going to let families of. officers
and top non-coms join them over
seas. .
The step has been advocated in
and out of Congress fcr months
both as a stabilizing influence for
the occupation forces and as a
contribution to morale.
Normally the Army does not
permit. families to join men on
active service overseas unless they
are engaged in ‘strictly garrison
duties, such as in pre-war days
at the Canal Zone, Hawaii and the
Philippines.
‘ Mut Agree To Stay
~ The big tipoff of an extended
occupation job was the announce
ment that priority wild go to fam
ilies of men agreeing to remain
‘abroad for two more year, or at
least one.
Personnel affected by the, an
nouncement are commissioned and
warrant officers; margter firet
technical and staff sergeants, and
certain War Department civilian
employes whose families are au
thorized by law to travel at fed
eral expense.
- For the time being, at least, de
pendents of the lower enlisted
grades will not be permitted to go
oveseas, War Department officials
said, beeause .of a housing short
age. However, the Army was said
to be studying a proposal to in
clude them in the program later.
Some Catches .
Even for families technically
eligible there¢ were some catches
in the program announced late
vesterday by the War Department.
In the first place, theater com
manders must certify that ade
quate housing, food and medical
care is available.
Also preference will be given
families of those with the most
service since Pearl Harbor, pro
vided the officer or non-com has
agreed to stay: overseas for ihe
one or more years.
And, applications must originate
with the men overseas, not with
their devendents. :
The War Department indicated
that the movement of the first de
pendents to Europe is expected f:
start some time after April 1, X
month*later it will get under was
to the Philippines, Javan. Korea
and the Ryukyu Island chain.
grown out of the principes of the
Hebrew Bible.
D>-. John W. Melton, pastor of
the Firck Presbyterian Church in
Baton Rouge, La, spoke to a
group of women at the Chai Ome
ga house Monday night as a part
of the Religion.in-!.ife-Week ob
servance.
He spoke of the part every
pesson plays in muldipg a better
world and a finer life for him
self and his companions.
“Happiness basically comes
from the associat’on <f a sincere
friend and the love &nd comngan_
jonship of the man or woman of
your &aoice,” he said.
’ Rabbi Speaks Monday
“In order 10 have good citizenz.
in order to keep peace, you must
have intelligent pecuple who un
derstand what they are defend
ing” said Rabbi Harry Essrig in
‘a talk to students in the College
of Education Monday.
“Discipline plays a major part
in the formation of the ideag of
these people and through religion
we get an empbasis of this
discipline,” the Raboi gsaid, “Al.
though rigig scholastic discipline
is not desirable, a student should
develop a sound self-discipline.”
Rabbi Essrig, who was born in
Palestine, came to Amevica .in
1920 and has been prominent in
nis work with the Hillel Founda
tions. ;i)
Religion-in-Life Week was
sponsored by the University ot
Georgia and the churches of
Athens through the Athens Coun
cil of Church Women, Baptist
Student Union, Clivistian Student
Club, Hillel Foundatic i, Newman
Club, Presbyterian Student As.
scciation, the Wesley Foundation,
and the Voluntary Religious As
gociation. e e
